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Dischista cincta is a species of beetle from family Cetoniidae. It was described by Charles De Geer in 1778 and is endemic to South and East Africa, including Namibia. [2]
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Nepenthes × cincta is a natural hybrid between N. albomarginata and N. northiana.
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Cominella is a genus of carnivorous sea snails, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.
Tritoniopsis cincta is a species of dendronotid nudibranch. It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Tritoniidae.
Turridrupa cincta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.
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Diadumene cincta is a small and delicate, usually orange, sea anemone. It has a smooth slender column and up to 200 long tentacles, and normally grows to a length of up to 35 mm (1.4 in), with a base of 10 mm (0.4 in), but specimens twice this size have been recorded. Diadumene cincta is found in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean.
Menosoma cincta is a species of leafhopper in the family Cicadellidae, found in North, Central, and South America. The species is also referred to as Menosoma cinctum.
Dischista is a genus of beetles in the family Cetoniidae. It was first described in 1842.